Freight-car



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J. J. MoGLIMONT 81; P. MARRON. FREIGHT GAR.

'No. 521,036. Patented June 5, 1894..

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JOHN J. MOCLIMONT AND PETER MARRON, OF ASPEN, COLORADO;

FREIGHT-CAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Iletters Patent No. 521,036, dated June 5,189 4. Application file May 16, 1893. Serial No. 474,607. (Nomodol-l Toall whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, JOHN J. McOLIMo T and PETER MARRON, of Aspen, inthe county of Pitkin and State of Colorado, have invented'certain newand useful Improvements in Loading and Unloading Cars, of which the.

' roof-of a box car, so that openings in the roof may be easily madewhen necessary but cannot be made from the exterior of the car, toarrange the covers for these openings so that in connection with anordinary chute they will make a hopper through which grain,

ore, or other loose material may be inserted in the car, rapidly andwithout waste, to provide a simple lock for fasteningthe covers to theopenings on the inside of the car, and in general to arrange theapparatus so that a car may be very quickly loaded or unloaded.

To this end our invention consists of an improved device to be appliedto the roof of a car, which device will be hereinafter fully describedand claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar figures of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a broken perspective view of a box car provided with ourimproved device, one of the covers being shown open and the otherclosed. Fig. 2 is a detail front elevation of the open cover and itsframe. Fig. 3 is a cross section on the line 33 in Fig. 2; and Fig. 4 isa broken detail perspective View of one of the locks for the cover.

The car is an ordinary-box car, and it is provided in its roof withopenings, there being preferably four, two at each end and near oppositesides, which openings are adapted to receive the frame 11, this beingshown in detail in Figs. 2 and 3. The frame 11 is of a generalrectangular shape, and it is provided with a top or horizontal flange 12which is adapted to lie flatwise upon the car roof,

with a depending flange 13 which is adapted to project downward throughthe opening in I the roof and lie in said opening, and with an upwardlyprojecting flange 1 L which guards the opening and prevents water fromrunnin g in and which also engages the flange on the cover to bedescribed presently.

' On the corners of the flange 12 are raised sockets 15 which are openon one side, and these are adapted to receive the pins or pintles 16 onthe ends and opposite corners of a swinging cover 17, which cover isprovided with a depending edge flange 18 adapted to fit snugly over theflange 14. of the frame 11. It will be observed that the cover 17 may betaken off and hung in either pair of sockets 15, so that it may swing tothe ,right or left as desired. with a suitable ring or hand hold 19 ontop, by which it may be manipulated. When the cover is closed it fitssnugly in place and the pintles 16 and sockets 15 prevent one edge frombeing raised, while the other may be locked on the inside as describedpresently, and if locked on its free edge it cannot be raised, but toprovide against any possible breaking in, we provide locks on bothedges. Near the center of the cover, on the under side and near oppositeedges, are depending lugs or hangers 20 in which are journaled bolts 21,and these have on their sides and near the ends bits 22, and on theinner ends of the bolts are weighted levers 23 which hang normally in avertical position and which, when in this position, hold the bits 22 ina horizontal position. The bolts 21 are adapted to be pushed through theholes 2% in the flanges 13 of the frame 11 and in the upper Walls of theholes 24 are recesses to receive the bits 22. To look the cover, thelever 23 is raised so as to bring the bit 22 into registry with therecess 25 and the bolt is then pushed lengthwise through the hole 24.,when the lever 23 is rocked, thus turning the bit 22 out of registrywith the recess 25 and behind the flange 13. The cover is thus securelylocked and can be unlocked by raising the lever 23 and pulling out thebolt 21 from the flange 13.

The cover 17 has secured to its under side and opposite ends, curvedwings 26, which are adapted to swing downward through the frame 11 whenthe cover is closed and which,

The cover is preferably provided l when raised, as shown in Figs. 1 and3, form three sides of a sort of hopper above the opening to the frame,and when agrain chute or similar chute is connected with the car so asto deliver through the opening, the chute is arranged on the open sideof this temporary hopper and thus forms itsfourth side, so i that thematerial discharged from the chute is guided into the car. In unloading,an elevator may be dropped through the opening, and the cover and itswings serve to prevent the spilling of the grain or other material. Thewings 26 have laterally extending pins 27 at their lower ends,whiohareadapted to: strike the under side of the frame 11 when the cover17 is raised, and which thus prevent the upward movement of the cover.'Illhe openings in the cars and the covers for the openings "arearranged 'near the opposite i ends of the cars and on opposite ends, asdescribed, and this enables the cars to be i evenlyas well as rapidlyloaded, and the 'ma- 1 terial is spread in the cars without thenecessity of shoveling it by hand. \Vhile ithisapparatus is particularlyadapted for use in loading grainor other loose ma- Iterials, it alsoserves as a bulletproof breastwork behind which the guards ofore-ladened cars maystand when it is necessary to repel an attack; thatis, the covers maybe swnngr up, as shown at the left-hand in Fig. l, anda guard may stand with his head and shoulders through the openingbeneath the cover and may thus be well shielded and still be in aposition to do effective shooting.

Having thus described our invention, we

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The combinationwith a car, having an opening in its roof, of a frame fitted in theopening and provided with raised sockets on its upper side, a coverhaving end pintles to turn in the sockets, and a lock on the under sideof the cover, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with a car having an opening in its roof, of a framefitted in the opening, a cover hinged to the frame, curved wings securedto opposite ends of the cover, and a lock on the under side of thecover, substantially as described.

3. The combination, with a car, having an opening in its roof, of aframe fitted in the opening. a cover for theopening, a lock on the underside of the cover, and means for hinging the cover "to opposite sides ofthe frame, substantially as described.

4. The combination, of the-car having an opening in its roof, the framefitted in the opening and provided with adependingltiange with holestherein, a cover for the opening bolts journaled on the under side ofthe cover and adapted to enter the holes of the flange,

bits on the bolts to turn behind the flange, and weighted levers securedto the bolts and adapted to swing them into closed position,substantially as described.

JOHN J. MCCLIMGNT. PETER MARRON.

Witnesses:

JOHN R. WILEY, H. NORRIS LYNCH.

